Turkish soldiers will stay as long as our Afghan brothers want, says Turkish FM AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Turkey will continue to contribute to the development and security of Afghanistan, the country’s foreign minister said Monday. “We continue to contribute to the security of our brothers and sisters with our …
Read More »Family Violence Leave 136 Women Dead in Past One Year
AT News KABUL: At least 136 women were killed in different parts of Afghanistan during the outgoing Persian Year (beginning on March 21, 2020). The ministry of women’s affairs calls family violence as the main reason of these killings. Roya Dadras, the ministry’s spokeswoman, said Monday that the toll had …
Read More »Karzai Urges End of War in Khalilzad Meeting
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai met the United States Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad on Monday in Kabul, emphasizing on an immediate end of war in Afghanistan. “Peace is vital and national hope of every Afghan and their absolute right. The people of Afghanistan want the …
Read More »Khalilzad in Kabul Looking for Ways to Accelerate Afghan Peace Process
AT News KABUL: The United States Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad in his fresh visit to Kabul, met Abdullah Abdullah, head of reconciliation council on Monday. Abdullah’s office said that the meeting discussed end of the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Khalilzad arrived in Kabul on Sunday on the …
Read More »Interior Minister to Taliban: Peace Doors Are Open for You
AT News KABUL: Interior Minister Massoud Andarabi calls on Taliban to use the peace opportunity, saying that peace doors are open for them via negotiations. “The security forces are displaying their power, talent, capacity and disciplines today to tell the enemies that Afghanistan is not going to return to the …
Read More »Editorial: Gaining Political Maturity
The U.S. Special Envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad is back on his old mission to make easy, at some sorts, the meaningful talks between the Afghan and Taliban peace teams – also to thrive the US-Taliban deal signed last year. Since he enjoys good relations with Afghan leaders, and the Taliban, plus …
Read More »26 New COVID-19 Cases, Two Deaths Reported in Past 24 Hours
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 26 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Monday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached to 55,759 cases around the country since the spread of the …
Read More »16 al-Qaeda Terrorists among 30 Taliban Rebels Killed in Kapisa
AT News KABUL: At least 16 al-Qaeda terrorists among 30 Taliban militants have been killed in latest raids conducted by the Afghan security forces in northern Kapisa province, officials said on Monday. In a series of crackdowns carried out by Afghan security forces in Dara-e-Afghania area of Nijrab district of …
Read More »ETISALAT GIVES AFN1,000,000 TO THE LUCKY WINNER
Kabul: A lucky customer from Kabul won the grand prize of one million Afghani from Etisalat`s ‘Win with Us’ offer. 24 year old Khwaja Saifullah, winner of the grand prize, received his prize in an event organized at the main office building of Etisalat Afghanistan, on 25 February 2021. ‘During …
Read More »CENTENNIAL OF TURKISH-AFGHAN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS!
By Oğuzhan ERTUĞRUL Today marks the centennial anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkey and Afghanistan. Ankara Government was officially recognized today by Afghanistan through the Treaty of Alliance signed on 1 March 1921. I use the term “Ankara Government”, because Turkey is founded in 1923, and in …
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